"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a sinking feeling I'm missing something really, really > simple.
"Oh no, everyone in the galaxy gets that, that's perfectly natural paranoia." > I'm looking for a format string similar to '%.3f' except that > trailing zeroes are not included. Can;t be done, to my knowledge. You specify a particular precision, and the number will be formatted at that precision. This matches the 'printf' behaviour that inspired string formatting operations. If your brute-force approach works, stick to that until you have a reason to look for something better. -- \ "I have an answering machine in my car. It says, 'I'm home now. | `\ But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.'" -- Steven | _o__) Wright | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
